Re: C vs. Ada - strings

[Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>]

In article <8eons4$sqj4@ftp.kvaerner.com>,
  "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com> wrote:
> I'm not too keen on ada strings. I think the problem is that
> they do not work the way programmers want them to work.

Well that's obviously a bit of a specious statement. The string
packages in Ada were designed by programmers who made them work
EXACTLY as they wanted them to work.

Now different people may have different ideas, but the idea you
imply of a string package coming from who-knows-where that is
universally at odds with what "programmers" want is silly.

What would be more useful is to specifically say what "you"
would like to see.

Personally, I think the string packages in Ada are far more
flexible and useful than those in Turbo Pascal, for many
reasons (in particular the lack of control over heap
allocation), but it would be interesting to be more specific
about what *you* personally don't like, than making general
statements with no basis about what all programmers like :-)


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